SA "VW" rare number plate for auction Feb 13th

3 posts · joined Aug 2009 · 1 Feb 2011, 1:12 pm

#824233

Offered for the first time in 25 years is the very rare and desirable South Australian numberplate SA "VW".

This rare & desirable number plate will be offered for live auction at The Great Plate Auction 2011, at 11.30 February 13th 2011.

Venue: BEA Motors, Sir Donald Bradman Drive, Mile End SA.

This is a full “Proprietary Rights” plate that was originally sold at The Great Plate Auction 1985- Proprietary Rights mean that there are no ongoing fees payable each year once transferred into your name. The plate has been in single ownership since 1985 and is the first time it has been offered for sale in over 25 years.

For more details and for more rare and value plates for auction on February 13th visit SA’s No 1 historic plate dealers at:

www.historicplates.com.au

Cheers

Stewart Kay.
(prior owner of a 50,000mi 1 x owner '58 Beetle; my biggest regret is selling it in a moment of dumbness)

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Dyno Officially Full-On Dubber

279 posts · joined May 2005 · 2 Feb 2011, 10:13 pm

#824470

lets not state the feckin obvious.... waste of money, especially when it is goin' to the SA state govt coffers. They are not worth a dime. Spend the dough on your cars folks...

wolfgang54 Officially Full-On Dubber

238 posts · joined May 2010 · 3 Feb 2011, 6:13 am

#824487

dyno, we look forward to a time when you have an item to sell... and then show you the same disrepsect

1954 Beetle
2003 Beetle 2.0
2004 Turbo Beetle 1.8
2007 Touareg tdi (retired)
2009 Pajero Tdi Shorty (retired)
2011 FJ Crusier
1973 P76

Wish list:

Porsche 550
zooey deschanel

SPRINTSTAR Insano Dub Head

804 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 3 Feb 2011, 12:07 pm

#824516

I agree, a bit too harsh mate. 😊

heuermonaco Learner Dubber

3 posts · joined Aug 2009 · 3 Feb 2011, 9:09 pm

#824599

Dyno wrote:lets not state the feckin obvious.... waste of money, especially when it is goin' to the SA state govt coffers.

Hey Dyno,

Respect your comment as in the main you are right.....who needs a plate when there are a bucketload of goodies we can all spend our readies on for our cars.

However, this is a privately owned rare plate, so apart from a small transfer fee (just like stamp duty when you buy a car) the Government get very little from the sale.

Actually the owner is highly likely to profit from this sale.....how many other times has the Government provided us all with a profit opportunity?

And, we expect the next owner will profit from the plate too if and when they decide to sell it in the future.

So, it’s not all that bad.

And if you’ve got a brilliant VW, a Dannenhauer and Stauss or a Meyers Manx or an Ascort (as some lucky folks in Adelaide do) then this rare “VW” plate be might be just your thing......whilst bearing the above profit/investment opportunity in mind.

After all, in SA there is only 1 “VW” plate.

Cheers

Stew.
www.historicplates.com.au
“still maintaining that selling my ’58 bug was the stupidest car thing I ever did...”

Dyno Officially Full-On Dubber

279 posts · joined May 2005 · 3 Feb 2011, 10:19 pm

#824605

What's an "ascort"?...I've always liked my VW's whole... PS, know where you are coming from... but I've never been into fibreglass kit cars. Last D&S I knew of here in SA was sold in the late 90's, was a coke can resto attempt and had a good spread of bondo underneath the top coat for $54K... That's not the same car we are referring to, is it? the one that was sitting next to Speedster #7 and the crotch cooler vert wreck? yeah sorry to interrupt... Mods? clean up the thread so he can get on with it...

Ascort Casual Dubber

29 posts · joined Apr 2011 · 10 Apr 2011, 7:51 am

#834936

Dyno wrote:What's an "ascort"?...I've always liked my VW's whole... PS, know where you are coming from... but I've never been into fibreglass kit cars. Last D&S I knew of here in SA was sold in the late 90's, was a coke can resto attempt and had a good spread of bondo underneath the top coat for $54K... That's not the same car we are referring to, is it? the one that was sitting next to Speedster #7 and the crotch cooler vert wreck? yeah sorry to interrupt... Mods? clean up the thread so he can get on with it...

Although the Ascort was fibreglass, it was not a kit car. It was a quality fibreglass bodied coupe with Okrasa modified engine to give performance to match the shape. It was built in Australia from 1959 - 61.

19 cars were constructed, although the final 6 were sold unfinished. 13 of the cars are known to still exist in various states of condition.

The restored Ascort in SA has an "ASCORT" numberplate and that does add a nice touch to the car.

Owner of 2 Ascort TSV 1300 cars.
www.ascort-tsv-1300.com

Governor Wolfsburg Wizard

414 posts · joined Nov 2008 · 10 Apr 2011, 8:56 am

#834948

Still just like a kit car, same as the Eurekas.
It wasn't built by VW, just some blokes idea of a sports car.
Many have tried and not succeeded, that's why only a few were made, if they were any good there would be a lot more?
My opinion is they look like a poor mans Karmann, no where near as stylish, and fiberglass, WTF

matt Insano Dub Head

743 posts · joined Dec 2002 · 10 Apr 2011, 9:20 am

#834952

does anyone know what the plates went for??

Governor Wolfsburg Wizard

414 posts · joined Nov 2008 · 10 Apr 2011, 9:40 am

#834959

I am sure I read it went for about $4500 ish, can't quite remember the exact figure.
Quite cheap really

Ascort Casual Dubber

29 posts · joined Apr 2011 · 10 Apr 2011, 11:26 am

#834969

Black64 wrote:Still just like a kit car, same as the Eurekas.
It wasn't built by VW, just some blokes idea of a sports car.
Many have tried and not succeeded, that's why only a few were made, if they were any good there would be a lot more?
My opinion is they look like a poor mans Karmann, no where near as stylish, and fiberglass, WTF

The Ascort was never a poor man's Karmann Ghia. It was first built in 1958/59 and at that time the only Karmann's here were private imports and the price was hardly aimed at the poor man. In 1959 its list price was 2250 pounds, compared to a VW at 971 pounds and a porsche 1600 was 2545 pounds.

The car was aimed at where the designer considered the Karmann fell short. The Ascort had the Okrasa TSV 1300 which gave it far superior performance, full instrumentation extensive sound proofing and a number of other interesting little touches.

The body is not like a kit car in that it is not just a fibreglass shell dropped on a VW pan. It is actually a very nicely built item with extensive double panelling, built in crash protection etc. It is actually built like a brick Sh#t house. Many kit car bodies tend to be a shape made out of fibreglass as that is cheap and convenient. The Ascort was designed by Mirek Craney who was a fibreglass expert and the car was designed around the material. Nothing wrong with fibreglass if it is designed properly. That is why Lotus and Corvette have stuck with it over the years.

Yes it was largely one man's dream and yes it was probably doomed to fail and yes not everyones styling favorite, but it is a very interesting bit of Australian automotive history. Even VW acknowledges that. The Ascort is written up (in German) in the April 2010 Vokswagen Magazin (International publication).

Owner of 2 Ascort TSV 1300 cars.
www.ascort-tsv-1300.com

esevwbits Custom Title Time!

1,027 posts · joined Jun 2003 · 10 Apr 2011, 12:24 pm

#834975

For those curious of what the Ascort looks like Here is the one mentioned above...

mainebugs Seriously Crusin Dubber

122 posts · joined Feb 2009 · 11 Apr 2011, 6:55 pm

#835204

ascorts are the tits :P

Click Click.....SLAM

Wannavee Insano Dub Head

729 posts · joined Sep 2008 · 11 Apr 2011, 10:45 pm

#835286

Agreed Col
And that particular one above is amazing.Have seen it near my joint a few times.
Fair enough if ya dont like it,just dont bag the shit out of it.I'd rather buy this for 30k (if thats what it might go for) than an overpriced 'rare' beetle